Salary range: £37,174 - £45,413 per annum
FTE: 1
Term: Fixed (24 months)
Closing Date: 31 March 2025
Location: AFRC, Inchinnan, Renfrew
The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow possesses a large internationally rated Engineering Faculty with a proud history of successful joint ventures with industrial and enterprise partners. The Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC), based at Inchinnan near Glasgow’s International Airport, has now been operational for more than ten years during which time Industrial, Academic and Government partners have worked together to establish a world leading research facility for the shaping of materials. The centre works closely with major industrial companies including Rolls-Royce and Boeing, and since 2011 it has been a part of the UK High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult. Since its launch the AFRC has achieved a rate of growth and industrial engagement which has surpassed expectations. As well as consolidating its primary strength in forming and forging technology, the centre is part of the National Manufacturing Institute, Scotland (NMIS) which will act as a focal point for high value manufacturing in Scotland.
We would like to see candidates with experience in one or more of a range of areas:
• Hot and Cold Sheet Metal Forming; with particular reference to processes like superplastic forming, hydroforming, incremental sheet forming, stretch forming, hot creep forming, press-brake forming, etc...
• Engineering design – component, tool and process design, including design for manufacture, CAD/CAM, and the development of design methodologies.
• New technology development and data analysis – the AFRC has a range of automation, control and instrumentation systems deployed both in-house and at customer facilities, and our engineers work to support experimental trials at the AFRC and off site to collate and analyse production data from a range of systems.
• Numerical simulation – we currently use a range of finite element modelling software including Abaqus, ESI PAM-STAMP and Autoform to simulate sheet metal forming processes. We develop new simulation frameworks and constitutive models, in addition to physical validation and verification experiments.
As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will assist in the delivery of the research activities as part of a team, working under the general supervision of senior colleagues. You will conduct literature reviews, collect and collate data, and undertake and record the outcomes of experiments. You will manage and prioritise your own workload and ensure that all activities are completed to deadlines and you will write up the results of your own research and contribute to the production of research reports and publications. You will input as a team member to administrative activities and assist, where required, with relevant teaching and knowledge exchange activities.
To be considered for the role, you will have a good honours degree and PhD / higher degree (or equivalent professional experience) in appropriate discipline. You will have sufficient breadth or depth of knowledge in the relevant discipline/s to contribute to knowledge exchange programmes and to the development of knowledge exchange activities. You will have the ability to conduct individual knowledge exchange projects, work directly and independently with clients, and to prepare new knowledge exchange proposals.
Whilst not essential for the role, applications are welcomed from candidates with: membership/working towards membership of a relevant Chartered/professional body (including the Higher Education Academy), experience of relevant student supervision and teaching activities.
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